Winifred Joyce "Winnie" Drinkwater (April 11, 1913 – October 6, 1996) was a pioneering Scottish aviator and aeroplane engineer. She was the first woman in the world to hold a commercial pilot's license.
Drinkwater was born on April 11, 1913 at Waterfoot, Scotland, the youngest of the three children of Emma Banner and Albert Drinkwater, an engineer.
Drinkwater joined the Scottish Flying Club near Renfrew on June 2, 1930. She trained under Captain John Houston, an instructor at the club. When she qualified for her private pilot's licence later that year she became Scotland's youngest pilot.
0n May 8, 1932, aged 19, she gained her "B" (Commercial) license at Cinque Ports Flying Club at Lympne in Kent, making her the youngest professional pilot in the United Kingdom and the world's first female commercial pilot.
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